Brinsworth

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Brinsworth
Brinsworth is located in South Yorkshire
Brinsworth
Brinsworth
 Brinsworth shown within South Yorkshire
Population 8,789 (2011)
OS grid reference SK425897
   – London 140 mi (230 km)  SSE
Civil parish Brinsworth
Metropolitan borough Rotherham
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROTHERHAM
Postcode district S60
Dialling code 01709
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Rotherham
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Brinsworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated close to the River Rother between Rotherham (to the north-east) and Sheffield (to the south-west). At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 8,950, reducing to 8,789 at the 2011 Census.[1]

History

Brinsworth is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the site of a Roman fort at Templeborough. Remains thought to be part of the Roman road called Icknield Street, which passed the fort, were discovered on White Hill in 1948, between Brinsworth and Canklow.[2] Other Roman remains found on White Hill by a team led by Dorothy Greene, Keeper of Roman Antiquities at Rotherham's Clifton Park Museum, included nine roads in a grid 926 ft by 490 ft at grid reference SK420905.[3] In addition, walls of buildings were traced including what may have been a temple platform,[2] and pottery dating from the late 2nd and 3rd centuries was found.[3] This area has been suggested[by whom?] as one of the possible locations for the Battle of Brunanburh, which took place in 937.[citation needed]

The earliest known written reference to Brinsworth appears in the 1086 Domesday Book, where it is referred to as "Brynesford", a name thought[by whom?] to mean 'Bryni's ford'. At this time the land was mostly 'waste', having been decimated in the 'Harrying of the North' that took place following the Norman conquest of England, and it was divided between Roger de Busli and William de Percy.[citation needed]

The village grew in the 19th century as coal mines were sunk in the surrounding area, and by 1891 the population was 1,656.[4] New housing estates were built around Brinsworth in the 1950s, increasing the population to its current level.

The Church of England parish church is St Andrew and is joined with St Mary at Catcliffe. Local public houses are the Fairways Hotel, Phoenix Sports and Social Club, The Three Magpies, The Yorkshire Terrier and The Waverley. Two recently closed pubs were The Atlas and The Sidings. The Sidings re-opened as a free house in December 2010, and closed again in April 2014.

Brinsworth has three primary schools: Brinsworth Howarth, situated next to Catcliffe on Whitehill lane; Brinsworth Whitehill, at the very highest point of Brinsworth at its centre; and Brinsworth Manor, the largest, located in the middle of the old village. The village secondary school is Brinsworth Comprehensive.

Notable people

References and notes

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